Excite@Home, Cox Communications in interactive TV trials

Published on June 08, 2000.

Excite@Home and Cox Communications agreed to provide Internet access and Web portal services for Cox's trial of interactive TV services in San Diego. Scheduled to begin in the second half of this year, Cox will work with Excite@Home to deliver broadband access and digital cable to Cox customers' TV sets. Cox will enable trial participants to access an array of information, including news, weather and stock quotes as well as e-mail, shopping and instantaneous, always-on Web access.